Kotaku: Atsushi Inaba

Platinum Games Says They're Not Making Metal Gear Solid Rising

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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Atsushi Inaba, a producer at Platinum Games, denied today that his studio is working on the next big Metal Gear, despite some whispers to the contrary. More »

When Your First Game Design Is Destroyed By Dad

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Atsushi Inaba's credits are impressive. He's produced titles like Okami, Viewtiful Joe and, most recently, Vanquish. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a game creator. Then his dad found out. More »

Will Max Anarchy Be The World's First 'Massively Multiplayer Online Fighter'?

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:30:00 EST

The makers of Max Anarchy, who also made Bayonetta, Madworld and Vanquish, believe they have an all-new genre on their hands—or at least a creative new combination of two old ones—with the massively multiplayer online fighter. More »

What Do Japanese Developers Think Of The Nintendo 3DS?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EDT

And not *just* Japanese developers, but some of the biggest names in the business. More »

Vanquish Ready To Subjugate This Fall

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EDT

The upcoming action game from the folks that gave the world Bayonetta and MadWorld has a been given a release date in a recent Famitsu magazine article. Would you like to know what it is? Would you? More »

Okami Creator Says Western Developers Are Superior

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:30:00 EST

Capcom's Jun Takeuchi spoke today about the "rise" of Western gaming. But former Capcom man Atsushi Inaba, well, he goes a little further, saying that, overall, "Western developers are superior to those in Japan". More »

Maybe There Will Be Another MadWorld

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:00:00 EST

MadWorld, an upcoming title from some of the developers behind Okami, is hardly your typical Wii title. The Wii-mote and Nunchuk-attachment controlled game is black, white and bloody red. More »

Platinum Games Say Black And White Ain't Easy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST

Platinum Games' MadWorld is black and white — and red. Besides blood, everything is monochrome. Just because early video games were black and white that doesn't mean it's easiest to churn out a B&W title. Platinum Games producer Atsushi Inaba says that it's actually pretty hard. More »

MadWorld Is Totally "At Home On The Wii"

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Bloody MadWorld isn't your typical Wii game by any stretch. It's got mini-games, but violent ones. Wii Sports, this ain't. But for Platinum Games, the developers of MadWorld, the fit makes perfect sense. Says the game's producer Atsushi Inaba: More »

MadWorld Isn't Just About Throwing People Into Walls Of Spikes, Y'know

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:20:04 EDT

Sega wanted to clear something up about MadWorld at Games Convention. You won't just be cruising the black and white streets of Mad City, tossing scores of chumps into meat grinders, slicing them in half with Dumpster lids and beheading them in style with daggers akimbo. There's more to it than that. More »

Okami Producer Says Exclusives "Make No Sense"

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Choices, choices, choices. We've got three home console platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. (Don't forget the PC!) And that's just current gen! The PS2 is still going strong. Add to that, portable platforms the PSP and the DS. Game developers do have a wide range of choices. Yet some choose to stick their games on a single platform. Not Okami producer and current Platinum Games exec Atsushi Inaba, who states: More »

Okami Producer Weighs in on PS3 vs. Xbox 360

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:00:29 EST

Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil creator and current boss at Platinum Games (formerly Seeds, formerly Clover) has announced the start-up developer is going to get down to work. But on what? In a recently posted 1Up interview from last TGS (thanks for the leisurely update!), Platinum Games cohort and Okami producer Atsuhi Inaba (pictured) expresses interest in the Wii and DS. But what about the PS3 and Xbox 360? Inaba says: More »

PlatinumGames' Craptastic Name Explained!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:30:31 EDT

Ack! Well, lame-named Platinum Games (formerly the awesomely named "SEEDS") has posted its new homepage today. The start-up company is actually named PlatinumGames and not Platinum Games. The company seems to be in full hiring phase, and the website is wall-to-wall recruitment. Specially, the company is looking for planners, programmers, designers, sound designers and web designers. PlatinumGames is even looking for foreigners who can speak Japanese. There are messages from PlatinumGames' bigwigs Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil creator), Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry creator) and Atsushi Inaba (Okami producer) in which they talk about why they entered the industry and whatnot. In the "About Us" section, PlatinumGames president and former Capcom 3rd Production Studio member Tatsuya Minami explains why the ho-hum name "PlatinumGames" was chosen: More »

Okami Creator Itching for Sequel

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:00:29 EDT

Wii port or not, before I start, know: At the moment, Capcom has no concrete plans to make Okami 2, and nothing has been greenlit. However! Insiders tell us that Devil May Cry creator and Okami designer Hideki Kamiya really would like to make Okami 2. The Union Jack lovin' game creator is very interested in doing a sequel and has voiced this desire. Unfortunately, since the game is a Capcom/Clover title, it's not his decision to make. It's just something that he'd really like to do. What's more, Kamiya tells our insider that the dissolution of Clover had nothing to do with poor Okami sales. Rather, producer Atsushi Inaba had an argument with Capcom management. More »

GDC07: Capcom's Inafune Slams Clover Producer

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:01 EST

In a session with Capcom R&D head Keiji Inafune, the creator responsible for games like Dead Rising, Lost Planet and Mega Man, the topic turned to the recently closed Clover Studios. Session moderator N'Gai Croal asked Inafune about Clover's gorgeous financial underperformers Okami and Viewtiful Joe. More »

Rumor: Clover Studios v2.0

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:21:38 EST

When Capcom shuttered Clover, the arm behind Okami and Godhand, grown men cried. Producer Atsushi Inaba fled the company, while his partner-in-crime Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) kept contractual ties with Capcom. More »

The Last Of The Clover Interviews

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:05:08 EDT

I know you're just as sad and/or angry as I am about the closing of Clover Studios, creators of Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand. My emotions lean closer to "anger" as I realized I was the only one at my local EB to secure a God Hand pre-order. Shame on you, game buying public! More »

Breaking: Clover Studio is Dead

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:30:45 EDT

As of today, the studio behind Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand is no more. Clover Studio was shuttered by main shareholder Capcom. At a Board of Directors' meeting was held, and it was decided that Clover should dissolved. The reason? According to the Capcom IR release: More »

TGS06: God Hand Producer Finds Next Gen "Annoying"

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:07:30 EDT

The Kotaku team is irrationally excited about God Hand. And that's not some ass-kissy thing I'm throwing out there because the Clover localization dude threatened to read the site after our interview—it's the truth. More »